EN    EN EN 
SANCO/1522/2007 rev. 4  
EN    EN  COMMISSION OF THE E UROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 
C(2007) draft 
SANCO/1522/2007 rev. 4 (27.2.2008) 
Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION 
of 
amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain 
contaminants in foodstuffs  
(Text with EEA relevance) 
(Memorandum from Mr M. KYPRIANOU) 
 
  
EN 2   EN Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION 
of 
amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain 
contaminants in foodstuffs  
 (Text with EEA relevance) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down 
Community procedures for contaminants in food1, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof, 
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Food and the European Food Safety Authority, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006
2 sets maximum levels for certain 
contaminants in foodstuffs. 
(2) It is essential, in order to protect public health, to keep contaminants at levels which 
do not cause health concerns. Maximum leve ls for lead, cadmium and mercury must 
be safe and as low as reasonably ach ievable based upon good manufacturing and 
agricultural/fishery practices.  
(3) On the basis of new information, good agricu ltural and fisheries pr actices do not allow 
keeping levels of lead, cadmium and mercur y in certain aquatic species and fungi as 
low as required in the Annex of Regula tion (EC) No 1881/2006. It is therefore 
necessary to revise the maximum levels fixed for those contaminants while maintaining a high level of consumer health protection. 
(4) An amendment of footnote 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is necessary to clarify 
that the maximum level for fru it does not apply to tree nuts. 
(5) New monitoring recomme ndations have been intr oduced by Commission 
Recommendation 2007/196/EC of 28 March 20 07 on the monitoring of the presence 
of furan in foodstuffs
3 and Commission Recommenda tion 2007/331/EC of 3 May 
                                                 
1  OJ L 37, 13.2.1993, p. 1 Regulation as amended  by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1) 
2  OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 5. Regulation amende d by Regulation (EC) No 1126/2007 (OJ L 255, 
29.9.2007, p. 14). 
3  OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 56  
EN 3   EN 2007 on the monitoring of acrylamide levels in food4. The provisions on monitoring 
and reporting in Regulation 1881/2006 therefore need to be completed with references 
to those new Recommendations. The monito ring exercise on polycyclic aromatic 
hydrocarbons set out in Comm ission Recommendation 2005/108/EC5 has been 
finalised. Therefore, the reference to that  monitoring Recommendation can be deleted.  
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows: 
(1)   In Article 9, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 
"3. Member States should report to the Commission findings on aflatoxins, 
dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs, non-dioxin-lik e PCBs as specified in Commission 
Decision 2006/504/EC(44) and Commission Recommendation 2006/794/EC(45). 
Member States should report to EFSA findi ngs on acrylamide and furan as specified 
in Commission Reco mmendation 2007/196/EC(46) and Commission 
Recommendation 2007/331/EC(47). 
(44) OJ L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 21.  
(45) OJ L 322, 22.11.2006, p. 24.  
(46) OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 56.  
(47) OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 33." 
(2)  The Annex is amended in accordance to the Annex to this Regulation.  
                                                 
4  OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 33 
5  OJ L 34, 8.2.2005, p. 43  
EN 4   EN  
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Union. 
It shall apply from (date to be inserted).  
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 Markos KYPRIANOU  Member of the Commission  
EN 5   EN ANNEX  
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows: 
(1) In Subsection 3.1 ( Lead ), point 3.1.11 is replaced by the following: 
   
3.1.11 'Brassica vegetables, leaf vegetables and the 
following fungi(27): Agaricus bisporus (common 
mushroom) , Pleurotus ostreatus ( Oyster mushroom) , 
Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) ' 0,30 
 
(2) Subsection 3.2. ( Cadmium ) is replaced by the following: 
'3.2 Cadmium  
3.2.1 Meat (excluding offal) of bovine animals, sheep, pig 
and poultry (6) 0,050 
3.2.2 Horsemeat, excluding offal (6)  0,20 
3.2.3 Liver of bovine animals, sheep, pig, poultry and 
horse (6) 0,50 
3.2.4 Kidney of bovine animals, sheep, pig, poultry and 
horse (6) 1,0 
3.2.5 Muscle meat of fish (24)(25), excluding species listed 
in points 3.2.6, 3.2.7 and 3.2.8  0,050  
EN 6   EN 3.2.6 Muscle meat of the following fish(24)(25): 
bonito ( Sarda sarda ) 
common two-banded seabream ( Diplodus vulgaris ) 
eel (Anguilla anguilla ) 
grey mullet ( Mugil labrosus labrosus ) 
horse mackerel or scad ( Trachurus species ) 
louvar or luvar ( Luvarus imperialis ) 
mackerel (Scomber species)  
sardine ( Sardina pilchardus ) 
sardinops ( Sardinops species ) 
tuna ( Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, 
Katsuwonus pelamis ) 
wedge sole ( Dicologoglossa cuneata ) 0,10 
3.2.7 Muscle meat of the following fish(24)(25): 
bullet tuna (Auxis species)   0,20 
3.2.8 Muscle meat of the following fish(24)(25): 
anchovy ( Engraulis species ) 
swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) 0,30 
3.2.9 Crustaceans, excluding br own meat of crab and 
excluding head and thorax meat of lobster and similar large crustaceans ( Nephropidae  and 
Palinuridae )(
26) 0,50 
3.2.10 Bivalve molluscs(26) 1,0  
3.2.11 Cephalopods (without viscera)(26)  1,0 
3.2.12 Cereals excluding bran, germ, wheat and rice 0,10 
3.2.13 Bran, germ, wheat and rice 0,20 
3.2.14 Soybeans 0,20 
3.2.15 Vegetables and fruit, excl uding leaf vegetables, fresh 
herbs, fungi, stem vegetables, root vegetables and potatoes(
27) 0,050 
3.2.16 Stem vegetables, root vegetables and potatoes, 
excluding celeriac(27). For potatoes the maximum 
level applies to peeled potatoes. 0,10  
EN 7   EN 3.2.17 Leaf vegetables, fresh herbs, celeriac and the 
following fungi(27): Agaricus bisporus (common 
mushroom) , Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushroom) , 
Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) 0,20 
3.2.18 Fungi, excluding those listed in point 3.2.17 (27) 1,0' 
 
(3) In Subsection 3.3 ( Mercury) , point 3.3.2 is replaced be the following: 
   
3.3.2 'Muscle meat of the following fish(24)(25):  
anglerfish ( Lophius species ) 
atlantic catfish ( Anarhichas lupus ) 
bonito ( Sarda sarda ) 
eel (Anguilla species ) 
emperor, orange roughy, rosy soldierfish (Hoplostethus species ) 
grenadier ( Coryphaenoides rupestris ) 
halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus ) 
kingklip (Genypterus capensis) 
marlin ( Makaira species ) 
megrim ( Lepidorhombus  species ) 
mullet ( Mullus  species ) 
pink cusk eel (Genypterus blacodes) 
pike ( Esox lucius ) 
plain bonito ( Orcynopsis unicolor ) 
poor cod ( Tricopterus minutes ) 
portuguese dogfish ( Centroscymnus coelolepis ) 
rays ( Raja species ) 
redfish ( Sebastes marinus, S. mentella, S. viviparus )
sail fish ( Istiophorus platypterus ) 
scabbard fish ( Lepidopus caudatus, Aphanopus 
carbo ) 
seabream, pandora ( Pagellus  species ) 
shark (all species) snake mackerel or butterfish ( Lepidocybium 
flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus, Gempylus 
serpens ) 
sturgeon ( Acipenser species ) 
swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) 
tuna ( Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, 
Katsuwonus pelamis )' 1,0 
 
  
EN 8   EN (4)  In footnote (1) the following sentence is added: 
 'Tree nuts are not covered by the maximum level for ‘fruit’'. 
(5)   Footnote (8) is replaced by the following:  
"(8) Foodstuffs listed in this category as defined in Commission Directive 
2006/141/EC (OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1)."